Religious Freedom Act and the Noncommercial Broadcast. Freedom of Expression Act of 00

FCC sought to quantify the service obligations of noncommercial TV licenses by requiring that More than half of the hours of programming must serve an educational. or cultural purpose,Ó & programming which teaches about religionÓ would count towards the new benchmark, but programs devoted to relig. exhortation, proselytizing, or statements of personally held religious beliefs would not qualify.Ó These distinctions did not consider such implications on the 1st Amend. & the Religious Freedom Act. Witnesses: Mark Dreistadt, Cornerstone TV; Don Wildmon, Amer. Family Assoc.; Harold Furchtgott-Roth, FCC; E. Brandt Gustavson, Nat. Religious Broadcasters; & Gloria Tristani, FCC.Tauzin, W. J. is the author of 'Religious Freedom Act and the Noncommercial Broadcast. Freedom of Expression Act of 00 ' with ISBN 9780756716172 and ISBN 0756716179.